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No. 750,18@ PATENTED JAN. 19, 11904.

' E. GRAHAM. TROUSERS oREAsER AND PREssBR.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 2. 1903.

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` UNITED STATES Patented January 19, -`1904.

PATENT OEEICE.

TROUSERS CREWASER AND PRESSER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 750,186, dated January19, 1904.

i Application iled .Tune 2, 1903. Serial No. 159,813. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDINBURGH GRAHAM, a citizen of the United States,and a resident of Orangeburg, in the county of Orangeburg and StateofSouth Oarolina,`have invented a new and Improved Trousers Oreaser andPresser, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in devices for creasing andpressing the legs of trousers, an object being to provide a deviceforthis purpose of simple construction that may be operated by any oneand that will form a lasting crease without employing a hot iron.

I will describe a trousers creaser and presser embodying my inventionand then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters ofreference indicatecorresponding parts in all the gures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of a trousers creaser and presser embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 is a sectionon the line zr of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 is asection on the line y y of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a bed-plate secured tocross-bars 2, and this bedplate is preferably provided with a covering3, of any suitable fabric. Mounted to swing relatively to the bed-plateis a frame consisting of the side members 4 5 and the end members 6 7This frame gradually diminishes in width, so as to approximate the shapeof the trousers-legs, and it is braced by cross-bars 8, secured to theside members at suitable distances apart. Attached to the frame arehinge members 9, engaging with hinge members 10, secured to the ends ofthe cross-bars 2. These members 10 are'in the form of loops or yokes andare adjustable vertically, so that the distance between the frame andthe bedplate may be regulated` as desired. As here shown, the hingemembers 10 are secured to the ends of the cross-bars by clamping-plates11 and bolts 12.

Arranged in the frame is an open-mesh material l-such, for instance, aswire-netting or woven fiber. This material is secured at one end to theend rail or member 6 and at the other end to a bar or member 14., whichmembers 19 on opposite sides. Ibach plate 18 has swinging connectionwith a screwrod 20, adjustable in a block 21, pivotally connected to thecross-bar 2. By attaching the plate 18 to a screw it may be adjusted,and by providing two hook members either one may be engaged with astaple. This'will of course depend upon the adjusted position of thelatch-plate. Each block 21 extends outward to form a handle, and mountedin Aeach block 21 is a stop-plate 22, designed to engage against the endof the cross-bars 2, in each of which is a strike-plate toreceive astop-plate 22", which holds the block from upward movement when thedevice is in use. This plate 22 extends through an opening in the blockand is attached by a pivot 23, the plate being held yieldingly againstthe end of the cross-bar by means of a spring 24.

In operation the trousers are iirst to be dampened and straightened outon the bed-plate 1, after which the swinging portion is brought down onthe trousers and locked by the latchplates. To engage the latch-plateswith the staples, the plates 22 are to be swung outward slightly, so asto permit but a slight upward movement of the blocks 21, when the hookmembers 19 may be engaged over the staples. Then the blocks are to beforced downward and the'plates 22 released, so that they may be forcedinto engagement with the ends of the cross-bars 2. The device containingthe trousers may then be placed near a stove or other heating device orplaced out of doors in the sun. The thin material 16 and the openmeshmaterial 13 will permit the moisture to evaporate. After remaining inthe device for a short time-say an hourthe trousers may and creased.

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Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. A trouserscreaser, comprising a bedplate, a framemounted to swing' relatively to the bed-plate, and an open-mesh materialheld in said frame.

2. A trousers-creaser, comprising a bedplate, a frame mounted to swingrelatively to the bed-plate, an open-mesh material held in the frame,and a thin fabric secured to the frame and passing underneath theopen-mesh material.

3. A trousers creaser and presser, comprising a bed-plate, a frame,open-mesh material held in the frame, adjustable hinge connectionsbetween the frame and bed-plate, and adjustable locking devices forlocking the frame in position over the bed-plate.

4. In a trousers creaser and presser, a bedplate, cross-bars on theunder side of the bedplate, a frame7 an open-mesh material carried bythe frame, hinge connections between said 'frame and said cross-bars,swinging blocks on the cross-bars, latch-plates having adjustableconnection with said blocks, devices on the frame for engaging with saidlatch-plates, and springpressed stop-plates pivoted to the blocks forengaging with the ends of the crossbars.

5. Atrousers-creaser,comprising'two members having swinging connection,and locking' devices consisting of plates having hook portions atopposite sides, and swinging blocks on one of the members, the saidplates having swinging and adjustable connection with said blocks.

6. A trousers-creaser, comprising a bedplate, a fabric covering thereon,a frame mounted to swing relatively to the bed-plate, means for lockingthe frame in closed position, an adjustable bar in the frame, and anopen-mesh material secured at one end to said bar and at the other endto the frame.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDINBURGH GRAHAM.

WVitnesses:

J oHN LA IRD, A. ',l. McICwEN.

